Working, with no boss or mates
From home

I’ve been searching a bit but most things are usually, poker, filling polls, things that don’t work. In general shit

I don’t want big money neither. Just something in which there’re no calls, meetings…

You can recommend me whatever you want but if you have experience on it better

  • Openingmoment@lemmy.world
    1·
    2 days ago

    if you are looking into something to do, i will advice AI data labeling, here is what you gonna do ,you’ll need a verified U.S. profile account to access most of the tasks. Without it, opportunities are limited. If you can’t create one, you may need to buy a verified account. I use a Labelbox U.S.A profile, switch the location to the U.S.A using your proxy or vpn then connect payment methods PayPal,Stripe wall. Tasks are usually paid weekly, every Friday. With focus and consistency, it’s possible to earn $800–$1,000 per week. Do your research if you’re new to freelancing it will help you before getting started.

    • bitjunkie@lemmy.world
      61·
      6 days ago

      Are you able to give more detail about why? Like was it the tariffs or some facet of social policy?

      • Random Dent@lemmy.mlEnglish
        2·
        5 days ago

        That was what happened to my friends eBay store here in Canada. Tariffs meant he couldn’t ship to the states anymore and the ongoing Canada Post strikes made it difficult to ship within Canada. Still possible but just not really worth it anymore.

  • Ramenator@lemmy.world
    8·
    6 days ago

    Back when the first SD Card adapter for the PS Vita was released it only came with some CAD files. So I ordered like a hundred PCBs from a Chinese manufacturer, alongside the MicroSD slots, soldered them at home and sold them for five bucks a pop on eBay. Cost me less than one buck per piece in parts. I didn’t make a lot, but it was some nice money for a broke student

  • stringere@sh.itjust.works
    4·
    6 days ago

    Taskrabbit has lots of odd jobs that can be done for money if you’re looking for gig work if you’re not solely lookimg for 100% online.

  • alternategait@lemmy.worldEnglish
    7·
    6 days ago

    When my wife was in university and had weird down times she would do Amazon MTurk. It was pre-pandemic, so I don’t know how things are now, but I think she was regularly getting $200-400 a month (covered her car payment).

  • Trainguyrom@reddthat.comEnglish
    8·
    6 days ago

    I hate to say it but if you want to make a living you kinda have to interact with other people a bit. I’m currently an independent contractor for one of my previous employees. I work when I want for as long as I want, my only requirement is to work less than 32 hours a week and of course to keep my client happy. I have a boss and I do attend some meetings but it’s incredibly chill. I would however much prefer if they hired me on full time, but at this point I don’t think that’s happening.

    Otherwise at home there’s always some kind of service you can provide. Painting is easy to pick up and some landlords repaint every property between tenants. Any kind of converting trash into something with value is also a good option. For example I know of a guy in town who collects furniture people leave out for trash and refurbishes it to resell.

    If you’re handy you could even go the extreme route of house flipping, which usually is most profitable if you live in the houses you flip. I’ve seen a few run down houses bought from estates sell for way below market value then flip for much more, since families just want mom and dad’s house sold, and buyers often don’t want to do a ton of repairs before moving in. Alternatively buying up run down properties to repair and rent out might be a good path to a solid living too

    Or just go all in with a small business. I’ve not seen sellers of affordable and decent looking Corsi-Rosenthal boxes for example, or if you can find some kind of furniture/device for special needs people there’s usually a huge premium charged for those as “medical devices” which are often paid for by Medicaid so it would be very easy to undercut established brands that way. In a similar vein there’s a huge hole in the market for durable furniture. The Amish famously make extremely high quality furniture that holds incredible value due to its high durability, and you don’t have to be Amish to make high quality furniture. Or just find something else you can sell. I saw you mention some programming skills, maybe you can make some kind of B2B app. I’ve seen it said that anything that’s a spreadsheet can be turned into an app and sold to businesses. Or just make a bunch of phone apps and see if any happen to take off.

    • alternategait@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      6 days ago

      (In the US) If you make a medical device paid for by Medicaid, you have to have FDA approval. Which honestly, now may be the time to try and get it?

      • Trainguyrom@reddthat.comEnglish
        2·
        6 days ago

        So specifically I was thinking of adaptive furniture. There’s special programs in some states for folks with long term disabilities to help with purchasing adaptive furniture. Think restraints/locks/alarms for things that a cognitively impaired person might need, such as if they get up in the middle of the night, or door alarms and the like.

        For a real world example, my youngest was diagnosed with level 3 autism. Because of his diagnosis he qualifies for our states Medicaid expansion which is intended to cover all of the random costs of having a special needs child that normal kids wouldn’t cost, like door alarms, a fridge lock or we almost had them pay for putting a fence in our yard because he tries to run when outside. We were looking at what could be described as a crib for kids too big for a crib, and all of the options cost a minimum of $10k and a median of about $20k. That would be an extremely easy market to disrupt with a lower cost solution since I highly doubt it actually costs anywhere near $10k to make such a bed

        • alternategait@lemmy.worldEnglish
          5·
          6 days ago

          I highly doubt it actually costs anywhere near $10k to make such a bed.

          What I’m saying is that adaptive furniture is likely a registered class II medical device which goes through FDA approval. So the bed isn’t 10K, but (a portion) the FDA registration is. The consequences of failing to register something that qualifies as medical devices are 1) fines 2) payments to anyone harmed and/or 3) time in federal prison.

          Sure you could easily “disrupt” the market, but the market could easily disrupt the rest of your life.

          restraints/locks/alarms for things that a cognitively impaired person might need, such as if they get up in the middle of the night

          Restraints are 100% a medical device and I would highly doubt you would either be allowed to purchase or be reimbursed for one that’s not approved.

          Edited to add: https://www.registrarcorp.com/blog/medical-devices/medical-device-registration/fda-class-ii-medical-devices/ A quick explainer (marketing from a business that helps companies register devices) since the FDA website is … not super clear nor helpful.

  • Nefara@lemmy.world
    10·
    7 days ago

    Just about the only way I’ve ever made real money has been online in the manner you’re talking about.

    I enjoy thrifting and flipping, which is harder than it might seem to be successful at. It requires familiarity with what a good quality item is, a robust knowledge of the kinds of prices you might get for those things and some knowledge of refurbishment. Most flippers will pick one or two things that they specialize in, usually based on an existing hobby, because they already have a baseline knowledge of it by being interested in it. Being willing to clean, replace parts, paint, fix or otherwise renew the item is usually the most consistent way of making a return on investment that might make it worth your time. However, there really are some golden opportunities which sometimes appear and another needed skill is being in tune to where those show up. The estate sale of some eccentric artist who has an amazing antique collection, or the office that’s liquidating a bunch of computers or furniture, will be advertised briefly in some narrow window of view and time unique to your location and to catch it you need to be quick to act and decisive. I made a ton of mistakes early on and learned to be a lot more careful about impulse buying, but I also got good enough at it to make rent.

    The other part of being self employed is the dual edged sword of freedom. You are never at work and yet you’re always at work. There’s no time “off” anymore, any day or any hour you might find yourself working and it’s unrelenting. Unless you are remarkably disciplined you will probably never have a “weekend off”. There’s no meetings or bosses to answer to but that also means that if you mess up there’s nobody else to blame but yourself. It has its own challenges and drawbacks, so don’t let yourself be fooled into thinking you wouldn’t find new things to piss you off.

    • Trainguyrom@reddthat.comEnglish
      6·
      7 days ago

      There’s a guy in town who refurbishes old furniture. He watches the local buy/sell pages like a hawk and grabs any nice furniture left out for free, and he’ll refurbish it to resell for a healthy profit. It’s honestly a respectable gig given how much furniture people end up getting rid of, especially if there’s young renters who just have whatever they got from a garage sale and don’t want to move half of their crap to the next place

  • JandroDelSol@lemmy.world
    5·
    6 days ago

    i sold feet pics to a guy I met on TF2 and made a couple hundred bucks. now he’s going to be my best man at my eventual wedding I’m

      • JandroDelSol@lemmy.world
        2·
        6 days ago

        Okay, so I’m already a natural flirt, and I was going through a hypersexual phase due to undiagnosed bipolar II. He was chatty in voice chat, kinda smug, but funny, and he said I was a good medic, so I was his dedicated pocket medic for weeks. He kept bragging about his big dick, and eventually clicked that he likes when people call him out and insult him, and eventually we got on the topic of findom.

        it was really funny, because one minute im bullying him and demanding money, and then the next I’m like “hey wanna play payload”

        I also met my boyfriend on TF2, also through my hypersexual issues, but I’m medicated now and we have a stable long distance relationship. Me, my boyfriend, and foot guy all play TF2 together, and we lightly bully each other. My boyfriend knows about me and foot guy’s past, so we dunk on him for it, and he fights back by being better at the game than either of us.

        Also, I’ve only seen foot guy’s face once, and my boyfriend has never seen it, so it’ll be extra funny if we don’t meet in person until the wedding lol

        • stringere@sh.itjust.works
          3·
          5 days ago

          Thanks for the explanation. That was going to turn into Lewis Black’s “If it weren’t for my horse, I wouldn’t have spent that year in college”.

            • stringere@sh.itjust.works
              2·
              4 days ago

              It’s from ome of Lewis Black’s standup specials…

              “Behind me, I heard a young woman of 25 say, “If it weren’t for my horse, I wouldn’t have spent that year in college.” Now, I’m gonna repeat that, because it bears repeating. “If it weren’t for my horse…” as in, giddyup, giddyup, let’s go — “I wouldn’t have spent that year in college,” which is a degree-granting institution. Don’t think about that too long, or BLOOD will shoot out your NOSE!”

              He goes on about how a phrase like that will sit on the back of you mind, fester, and cause anyeurisms. Like unfinished TV shows.

  • grranibal@lemmy.zip
    61·
    6 days ago

    A friend, not me. He used to do voice acting, people requested small scripts (3 or 4 sentences) and he sent them an audio. He was completely amateur, and without any equipment (besides his phone) he made like 10-20€ per week with no effort. I don’t know what app/website he used tho :/

  • ℕ𝕖𝕞𝕠@slrpnk.net
    7·
    7 days ago

    Yeah, by investing it through an online broker.

    But also a few focus group questionnaires.

    My wife buys and resells furniture and clothing quite a bit. She doesn’t turn a profit but we also spend almost nothing on either as a result.

  • Cracks_InTheWalls@sh.itjust.works
    2·
    6 days ago

    I made $25 once on a content mill website, and there’s some folks who’ve made a decent income churning out such stuff. But given the current climate with AI I don’t know that this is a great option anymore.

    Honestly, the best thing to do is look at your current skillset and see what opportunities fit. Most of the stuff where you make real money, unfortunately, will involve some calls and meetings.

    As an aside, it’s also not a huge pot of money, but UI testing on Testbirds can have higher-than-average payouts than your usual micro-gig website stuff. It all varies though, and you can’t necessarily bank on what jobs come down the pipe for your consideration.

  • Typewar@infosec.pub
    2·
    6 days ago

    I once made around 50 euros designing a keyboard layout for a person I met on Reddit. He did international transfer over bank lol.

    I have made money with crypto. Usually I would follow this friends of mine, he tells me when to buy and when to sell. To get it to the bank, you transfer from the exchange to either Coinbase or Binance and then withdraw to your bank there.

    I have made money from a website me and by friend was hosting. Used ad services, withdraw to PayPal and then to the bank.

    I technically would have made money from YouTube with some thousands of views, but are not opted in to any program there.

    I would like to recommend you some freelance job, but I don’t have experience in that field…